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A woman police describe as a high-end prostitute is charged with manslaughter after allegedly injecting heroin into a tech executive on his docked yacht in Santa Cruz and leaving him to die when he overdosed. Peggy Bunker reports. (Published Wednesday, July 9, 2014)

A woman police describe as a high-end prostitute is charged with manslaughter after allegedly injecting heroin into a tech executive on his docked yacht in Santa Cruz and leaving him to die when he overdosed.

The suspect, Alix Catherine Tichelman, was arrested last week on suspicion of murder charges. In Santa Cruz County Court on Wednesday, she was charged with seven crimes - including drug and prostitution counts - but not murder.

Prostitute Killed Silicon Valley Exec on Yacht: Police

A woman police describe as a high-end prostitute is charged with manslaughter after allegedly injecting heroin into a tech executive on his docked yacht in Santa Cruz and leaving him to die when he overdosed. Robert Handa and Michelle Roberts report.

(Published Wednesday, July 9, 2014)

Hayes's body was discovered the next day.

Tichelman was taken into custody last week after being lured back to Santa Cruz County in a prostitution sting. Detectives, posing as a potential client, lured her to an upscale location with a promise of an excess of $1,500.

Police say Tichelman provided heroin for Hayes, a Google executive, while they were aboard the 50-foot yacht.

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According to Hayes's obituary, he was a married father of five who had worked as an engineer at Silicon Valley tech companies, including Google, Apple and Sun Microsystems.

A woman police describe as a high-end prostitute has been arrested on suspicion of murder after allegedly injecting heroin into a tech executive on his yacht in Santa Cruz and leaving him to die when he overdosed. Bob Redell reports live from the Santa Cruz County Court.

(Published Wednesday, July 9, 2014)

"More than anything else he enjoyed spending time with his family at home and on his boat. His brilliant mind, contagious smile, and warm embrace will be missed and cherished in memories by his friends and family.," Hayes's obituary says.

Surveillance video from his vessel shows Tichelman meeting Hayes on board and it captures the crime itself when she allegedly injected him with a lethal dose of heroin, police say.

"So cold and callous was she that she stepped over the victim's body several times, one time to retrieve a glass of wine and finish the contents of the glass of wine while she's cleaning up her property, cleaning up evidence of the crime there," Santa Cruz Deputy Police Chief Steve Clark said.